Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: Hello, friends! As we head into the dog days of summer in the northern hemisphere, it’s a time when I enjoy getting into (or out…
Category: Reads for the Rest of Us

July 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Mag.
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: The last few weeks have been challenging, to say the least. From threats to DEI programming to dangerous air quality to affirmative action being overturned, a lot of us are…

June 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Mag.
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: And so it is summer! Are you enjoying it? Are you on a beach with a cocktail in one hand and a book in the…

Best Poetry of the Last Year – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: Happy April, and Happy National Poetry Month. Since my dormant love of poetry was reignited, I’ve found it so refreshing and inspiring to read beautiful collections each year…

April 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: If you’re reading this column, you have an interest in books and reading and so, by default, new ideas and expanding your knowledge base. Fiction…

March 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: Happy March! Historically, March is a very popular month for new books, and this year it is no exception. And more new books mean more…

February 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: It’s February and in Wisconsin it’s grey, cold, snowy and dark. But it’s also sparkly, comforting, restful and reflective. Between the weather, the world and…

Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2023 – Ms. Magazine
Through this column, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of the column are threefold: I have spent the last few months scouring catalogs and websites, receiving hundreds of books and even more emails from authors, publicists…

2022 ‘Best of the Rest’: Our Favorite Books of the Year! – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: You’ve read the other “Best of” lists—now read the other one. You know, for the rest of us. Each year, I review my…

November Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. The aims of these lists are threefold: As we enter into cooler weather here in the U.S. Midwest, it’s not only a time of reflection and shedding of old skins—it’s clearly the…